ISBN: 2940151578677

Rome during the reign of Nero was a glorious place for the emperor and his court; there were grand feasts, tournaments for poets, and exciting games and circuses filling the days and nigh… mais…

Rome during the reign of Nero was a glorious place for the emperor and his court; there were grand feasts, tournaments for poets, and exciting games and circuses filling the days and nights. The pageantry and pretentious displays of excess were sufficient to cloy the senses of participants as well as to offend the sensitive. Petronius, a generous and noble Roman, a man of the world much in favor at the court of Nero, is intrigued by a strange tale related by his nephew Marcus Vinitius of his Rome during the reign of Nero was a glorious place for the emperor and his court; there were grand feasts, tournaments for poets, and exciting games and circuses filling the days and nights. The pageantry and pretentious displays of excess were sufficient to cloy the senses of participants as well as to offend the sensitive. Petronius, a generous and noble Roman, a man of the world much in favor at the court of Nero, is intrigued by a strange tale related by his nephew Marcus Vinitius of his encounter with a mysterious young woman called Ligia with whom Vinitius falls madly in love. EBooks, Books~~Fiction~~General, Quo-Vadis~~Henryk-Sienkiewicz, 999999999, Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz, 0151578672, Magic Fairy Tales, , , , , Magic Fairy Tales<

ISBN: 2940151578677

In "Quo Vadis" the author gives us pictures of the conflict of moral ideas within the Roman Empire-a conflict from which pagan immorality declined, and Christianity proceeded as the leadi… mais…

In "Quo Vadis" the author gives us pictures of the conflict of moral ideas within the Roman Empire-a conflict from which pagan immorality declined, and Christianity proceeded as the leading force in history. This powerful novel tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman named Lygia and Marcus Vinicius, a pagan Roman. It takes place in the city of Rome under the brutal emperor Nero's rule. EBooks, Books~~Fiction~~General, Quo-Vadis~~Henryk-Sienkiewicz, 999999999, Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz, 0151578672, Magic Fairy Tales, , , , , Magic Fairy Tales<